Wollongong LocalStats Australia

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In the 2011 census the population of Wollongong was 268,944 and is comprised of approximately 50.6% females and 49.4% males.

The median/average age of the population of Wollongong is 38 years of age.

74.9% of people living in the region of Wollongong were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.9% United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man, 1.3% Italy, 1.0% New Zealand, 1.0% China , 0.7% Germany, 0.5% Croatia, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.4% Philippines, 0.4% Greece.

81.6% of people living in Wollongong speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.6% Macedonian, 1.8% Italian, 1.2% Other, 0.9% Spanish, 0.9% Arabic, 0.8% Greek, 0.8% Mandarin, 0.7% Serbian.

49.2% of people are married, 32.9% have never married and 8.5% are divorced and 3.0% are separated. There are 13947 widowed people living in Wollongong.

56.2% of the people living in Wollongong over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 30.7% are working on a part time basis. Wollongong has an unemployment rate of 6.8%.